MT Satellite Radar: High Definition Radar Pictures in the Cockpit

Moving Terrain: a New Dimension of Flying – Even in the most Unfavourable Conditions

Choose your Radar View:

Radar Data are available for large area (European-wide). Thus the radar picture can be viewed along the entire route.

Advantage over conventional Radar: Omni-directional Radar detection thru ground based stations. 

The distinct advantage over ordinary radar systems: CB lines represent an impenetrable „wall“ for on-board radar. With MT-Satellite Radar an omni-directional radar detection is possible. The real geometry of the rain, snow or thunder clouds is read and presented.

Automatic updates every 15 Minutes

Once initialized, the system runs automatically: It connects every 15 minutes – the dialing process requires no action on the pilots side. After downloading the data, the connection is released automatically, thus ensuring costs are kept to an absolute minimum.

MT-Satellite Radar Information before and during flight

Seamless meteorological information in excellent quality before and during flight allows intelligent variations of possible flight routes and takeoff time between or after moving fronts or squall lines. An accurate assessment prior to and any time in flight ensures safety for flights that would be too risky without this accurate information. This new dimension replaces the phase of uncertainty that appears between preflight WX briefing and conventional use of onboard radar inflight.

On the ground the use of ordinary GSM phones is possible (Global System for Mobile Communication, cellular phones transceiving via ground-based antennas) for downloading meteorological data. You will find a respective item in the comprehensive menu offering this option. Moving Terrain recommends inflight the use of satellite modems instead of GSM to provide altitude-independent area coverage.

Unique Display: MT High Definition Radar

Primary precipitation data is refined by a mathematical process similar to focusing and is therefore closer to a human-interpretable image (i.e. re-naturalized). This is achieved by three-dimensional filtering, by which the different levels of intensity can be represented more in their natural course rather than in rough stages.

conventional display in rough stages		MT High Definition Radar

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History-Function

The radar images are stored chronologically and can be „flipped through“ using the „<<“ and „>>“ buttons. This gives the option of monitoring clearly presented meteorological data over long periods and thus effectively increases the chances of accurate prediction of cell motion.

How does the MT-Satellite Radar work?

Imaging of raw data of the DWD (German Met Office): the ground-based meteorological radar (precipitation echo) of the European network of radar systems for the central European region. By linking many radar stations on the ground you will receive radar images not only as viewed from a single onboard radar, but a full representation along the entire flight route without blanked-out areas. Continuously updated information is downloaded via satellite modem to the MT-VisionAir, thus ensuring uninterrupted monitoring of the meteorological situation. The radar picture along the proposed route can thus already be checked on the ground, in detail or as a summary for the entire route.

Block Diagram

Additional use: Inflight-Telephone

With the satellite telephone and the SafetyCell amplifier using the telephone during the flight is no longer a problem. The coverage is all-encompassing and independent of height.

Precipitation colour codes

The following color codes are common in general aviation and provide a clear interpretation of meteorological hazards.

Blue = very heavy precipitation, strong CB activity, hail

Red = heavy precipitation, occasionally CBs

Yellow = medium intensity of precipitation

Green = in clouds: condensed humidity; below the clouds: light rain/snow

Avoidance of certain precipitation areas

Test flights using the MT-Satellite radar have proven: Icing can be avoided for the most part by consequent circumnavigation of areas of heavier precipitation or condensation.

Outlook for the Future

The engineering basis has been created for processing further WX data relevant to aviation: For example, realtime lighting data could to a large extent replace a stormscope.

Weight and Price

MT-Satellite radar (600g in addition to the Moving Map system weighing 900g) offers a very attractive and low-priced alternative to conventional onboard radar (approx. 30 kg), even for light aircraft.

Satellite Radar available only from Moving Terrain!

MT-Satellite Radar in this form is legally protected by utility patent. This protective claim covers the seamless display of precipitation in large areas on different terrain maps as well as data interchange using satellite modem, processing and the display of data and recording of radar images (history function).